# Accident 19790814019179A: Cessna 182, Death Valley, CA, August 14, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1979, 07:30 local time
- Place: Death Valley, CA
- Airport: Death Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5837B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5837B-2012-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,065 total, 571 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DVW21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DVW21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790814019179A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT JUMPED CHOCKS AND FLIPPED INVERTED AFTER IT HAD BEEN HAND PROPPED BY PILOT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX79DVW21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DVW21), Aug 14, 1979: Cessna 182 (N5837B), Death Valley, CA, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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